Diagonal ruling attachment for paper-ruling machines.



J. E. FOSTER. DIAGONAL RULINGATTAGHMENTPQR PAPER RULING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11, 1908. 900,674.

' Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

JEREMIAH E. FOSTER,

PATENT OFFICE.

or PORTLAND, MAINE.

DIAGONAL RULING ATTACHMENT; FOR PAPER-RULING MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

Application filed January 11, 1908. Serial No.410,314.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J EREMIAH E. FOSTER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Portland, county of Cumberland, State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Diagonal Ruling Attachments for Paper-Ruling i Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to paper ruling machines and particularly to an attachment for producing what is called diagonal head ruling which consists of diagonal lines beginning at the tops of the vertical columns and extending upward and to the right for a short distance, far enough toleave room for a name to be written in. The object of this ruling is to make what would otherwise be vertical entries more easily read and more easily written by inclining the vertical lines 45 degrees more or less so that the entries can ble made without turning the book any if at al V This method of ruling is used largely by railroads in train sheets and for a great number of other special forms of account books.

and it has heretofore been commonly made by forming a stencil or jacket having the space within which the diagonal ruling is to be made out out. This jacket is placed over the sheet and it is run through the ruling machine diagonally, the pens ruling only where the jacket or stencil is cut out. This process is slow and expensive and accurate work cannot be done since the beginningand ending of the lines are not definitely defined;

The object of my invention is to slightly change the ruling machine so that by a sim: ple attachment which may be easily applied to the machines now in use, this diagonal ruling may be made rapidly as the paper is fed straight through the machine as in ordinary ruling and without the'use of any 'stenoils or jackets. V

' In carrying out the mvention, I ournal the beam in such a way that it may slidelongitudinally in its bearings and I provide a cam adapted to be secured to the.

cam head in the ordinary manner, said cam having an angular portion or wing which acts against a projection on the under side of the cam rest and thus forces the beam longitudinally over. The pens will be thus given a motion lateral with respect to the line of motion of the paper and this motion accompanying drawing in which I have ,shown the parts of a ruling machine to ,which my invention relates.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a plan of the beam of a ruling machine with my attach,- ment applied thereto, Fig. 2 is an enlarged ,elevation of the same looking toward the end of the beam, Fig. 3 is a plan view of some ofthe partsshownin Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is an elevation showing the special cam used, Fig. 5 is a plan ofthe same, and Fig. 6 .shows a modified construction of the cam.

Considering Figs. 1, 2 and 3, A A repreisents the side rails of the rulin machine, B ,is the pen beam, Z) Z) the pens, (f the opposite standard in which the rear end of the beam is journaled, e is the cam head or wheel and L;D is the cam rest, all these parts being comimon and well known in such machines. The front end of the beam is journaled in fthe special standard C so made as to permit longitudinal movement of the beam. As ihere shown, I insert in the ends of the beam "two spindles d and d these spindles being Eof sufficient length to permit the necessary EeXtent of. longitudinal movement of the Ebeam. The spindle d is located on the back side of the machine and I show on the spindle and acting between the standard and the end of the beam, a spiral spring d for forcing the beam back to its normal position after it has been moved over to produce the diagonal ruling. For the purpose of holdjustable on the spindle in any suitable manner as for instance, by means of a set screw,

as shown.

I The longitudinal movement of the beam for producing the diagonal ruling is effected by means of a cam, here shown as applied to the cam head and acting on the cam rest D. The cam as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 is made up of a plain portion F similar to the cam now in common use and is secured to the cam head'in the rear groove thereof by the set screws 6 in the ordinary manner but the cam is provided with an angular por position, the rotation 29, mal position, I make lnclined Wing such as 9. straight until the pen Where the pen rest is located on the cam head that the diagonal -agona1 lines wheel, I may es in position by a brace rod f tion or wing f which extends diagonally across the cam head and its inner or bearing surface is adapted to act against a projection on the under side of the cam rest.

5 As here shown, the cam acts against a pin 9 which passes down through the cam rest and is readily removed when the diagonal ruling attachment is not in use. lVhen the beam is pressed to the left into its normal of the cam head wing f into contact and as the cam head revolves, along the inclined surface of forcing the beam over and cans brings the end of the with the pin g the pin moves the wing,

1,5, ing the pens to take a diagonal direction on the moving paper.

hen the pin reaches the straight portion of the cam the beam is held stationary until the end of the cam is reached. To get the beam back to its noruse of an oppositely shown in Figs. 4 and 5. In Figs. 4C and 5 the cam F with its feeding portion f abuts against a plain cam it which may be of any desired length and 25, that in turn abuts against the returning cam z' with its wing z". The feed is started at the end of the wing f and thence the pens rule the diagonal lines until the plain portion 72. is reached when they continue along reaches the wing z" lifted owing to the higher elevation of the section 71 and the spring is then allowed to force the beam back to its normal position.

It will be understood that the cam F is so lines will begin at just the point desired on the paper and the pens are also caused to strike at this point by means of the cams 49. similar in construction to the ordinary cam such as are used for striking in plain ruling. The length of the straight lines which continue from the diagonal lines is determined by the length of the cam 72 and the cam 2' is 4.5- preferably placed so that the pens will be off the sheet when the beam is returned to its initial position.

It will 'be understood that the return motion of the beam may be controlled by hand 59 and the device may be used with advantage without the use of the returning cam.

It Will be understood that when my cam is used with different gears the inclination of the diagonal lines will vary, that is, the faster 55 the cam wheel moves the more quickly the nation of said cam having said cam having a a stud f and held in place by a set screw f.

By varying the inclination of the wing I am enabled to produce any degree of inclination of the diagonal lines without regard to the speed of the cam wheel.

It will readily be seen that my angular cam may be used in a variety of ways and in connection with the ordinary cams as commonly used. The longitudinal motion of the beam may also be produced by other 111 mus than the cam here shown for the purpose of producing diagonal ruling and of pens may be used according to the work to be done. The position of the collar or stop (Z is carefully adjusted with relation to the point of contact between the pin g and the surface of the cam, that is to say, when the beam is in its normal position the pin y should just touch the working surface of the cam F.

IVhen the machine is to be used for straight work the pin 9 is slipped out and the cam F removed and the ordinary standard placed in position and the machine will then be in position to do any of t-heordinary straight work. O11 the other hand it is only necessary to slip in the pin 9 attach the special standard and secure the cam F in the cam wheel at the proper point, to shift the machine over for diagonal ruling and this change can be made in a very few minutes.

I claim 1. In a paper ruling machine, the combia pen beam journaled to slide longitudinally, a grooved cam wheel, a cam rest secured by one end to the pen beam and having its free end terminate above the cam wheel, a sectional cam adapted to be detachably secured in the groove of the cam wheel, a wing or angular portion adapted to act on the free end of the cam rest for moving said beam longitudinally.

2. In a paper ruling machine, the combination of a pen beam journaled to slide longitudinally, a grooved cam wheel, a cam rest secured by one end to the pen beam and having its free end terminate above the cam wheel, a sectional cam adapted to be detachably secured in the groove of the cam wheel any number o plain portion adapted to be clamped 111 the groove of the cam wheel and a wing or angular portion adapted to .act on the free end of the cam rest for mov- 1ng the beam longitudinally.

3. In a paper ruling machine, the combination of a pen beam journaled to slide longitudinally, a grooved cam wheel, a cam rest secured by one end to the pen beam and having its free end terminate above the cam wheel and having a projection on the under side thereof, a sectional cam adapted to be detachably secured in the groove of the cam wheel, said cam having awing or angular portion adapted to act on the said projeeti on for moving said beam longitudinally.

4:. In a paper ruling machine, the combination of a pen beam journaled to slide longitudinally, a grooved cam Wheel, a cam rest secured by one end to the pen beam and having its free end terminate above the cam Wheel, a pin passing vertically through the end of the cam rest and projecting on the under side thereof, a sectional cam adapted to be detachably secured in the groove of the cam Wheel and having a plain portion and a Wing orangular portion adapted to act on said pin for moving thepen beam longitudinally.

5. In a paper ruling machine, the combination of a beam 1ournaled to move longitudinally, a cam rest therefor and a cam having a feeding Wing or angular portion adapted to act against the cam rest to throw over the beam to produce diagonal ruling, a straight portion, and an oppositely inc-lined return Wing adapted to hold the cam rest raised and to permit the beam to return to its normal position.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of January, 1908.

JEREMIAH E. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

S. W. BATES, ELEANOR W. DENNIS. 

